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Dogs graduating from prison to Army
Central City :: KY :: USA | almost 2 years ago
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Ky. A graduation ceremony is planned this week at a western Kentucky prison, where the graduates have spent 12 weeks being schooled by inmates. The graduates are rescued dogs, who will next be paired with wounded soldiers at Fort Campbell, the
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Williams promoted by Department of Prisons
Central City :: KY :: USA | almost 3 years ago
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He officially assumed the post on Aug. 1. "Rickie Williams is a valuable corrections professional with nearly 20 years experience," said Corrections Deputy Commissioner Al Parke. "He has a wealth of knowledge and will be a real asset to the Green
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Program at Richmond recycling center helps inmates return to regular life
Richmond :: VA :: USA | almost 3 years ago
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Men wearing T-shirts and jeans quietly went about their work at Bluegrass Regional Recycling Corp. on a recent sunny afternoon. Inside the processing plant, just past a cardboard box full of tiny, plastic pieces from shredded milk jugs, four guys
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Female prisoners move to new facility
Fredonia :: NY :: USA | 3 years ago
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The transitioning of the first female prisoners to a state prison in western Kentucky has gone smoothly, a deputy warden said. The Western Kentucky Correctional Complex took in 50 inmates from the Kentucky Correctional Institute for Women near
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Agency building chapel at women's prison
Greenwood :: IN :: USA | 3 years ago
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Women in one of South Carolina's maximum security prisons are getting a new place to worship. The Department of Corrections is breaking ground on Thursday on a new chapel at Leath Correctional Institution in Greenwood. Officials say the new facility
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Prison food bill stalls in committee
Danville :: VA :: USA | 3 years ago
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A bill that would cancel a private company's nearly $12 million annual contract to serve food at Kentucky's prisons is stalled in the House budget committee. Budget Chairman Rick Rand, D-Bedford, said last week that he is waiting for more information
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Ky. corrections leaders grilled about prison food
Frankfort :: KY :: USA | over 3 years ago
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Ky. — Kentucky lawmakers grilled top corrections officials Wednesday about the quality of meals served in state prisons in seeking to determine what role inmate displeasure with their food might have played in a fiery prison uprising last year. The
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